Catalog of Manuscript Collections

Creator: Gold family; Ruby May Gold (b. 1902); Grace Olive Chapman Extent: 420 items Description: This collection contains material on descendants of Joseph Gold (1747-1823) who lived in Stafford, Connecticut; Northboro, Massachusetts; and other New England towns. It includes charts, histories, land records, cemetery inscriptions, vital records, and other genealogical materials relating to the Gold, Hills, Lanphear, May, Olney, Rice, and Wood families, compiled by Ruby May Gold (b. 1902) and Grace Olive Chapman, a genealogist, of Boston, MA. It also features a history of the town of Stafford, its churches, and cemeteries. Research Topics: History and genealogy of the Gold, Hills, Lanphear, May, Olney, Rice and Wood families; history of the town of Stafford